A simple survey may curb teen drinking and HIV risk — a trial puts it to the test
NCT ID NCT07731932
First seen Jul 28, 2026 · Last updated Jul 29, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether giving students accurate information about their peers' actual behavior can reduce heavy drinking and risky sexual activity. About 1,350 adolescents in three Ugandan schools will complete surveys and receive personalized feedback comparing their own estimates to real school-wide rates of HIV-transmission behaviors. Researchers will then track changes in alcohol use, condomless sex, and HIV testing over 12 months to see if this low-cost approach works.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- personalized normative feedback survey
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this low-cost survey-based approach could be scaled to reduce alcohol misuse and HIV/STI transmission among adolescents in resource-limited settings.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage trial testing a behavioral intervention, not a drug. Effects may be small or short-lived, and results from rural Uganda may not generalize to other populations.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 1,350 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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13 to 25 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * All students enrolled in Kinoni High School, Kinoni Girls Secondary School, or Rugando Technical Institute, 13-25 years of age Exclusion Criteria: * Persons with psychosis, neurological damage, acute intoxication, or other cognitive impairment (all of which are determined informally in the field by non-clinical research staff in consultation with a supervisor)
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Mbarara, Uganda, Uganda
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